Preface

One
day I metmy
brother and two of his friends hanging out at a Starbucks, all of
them on their winter break from college. His friends had recently
finished their first semester. As I asked them about their classes,
it became clear that they were not doing as well in school as they
would have liked. They knew that they could do better – they just
didn’t know where to start. I offered to write down a few tips on
how to study, and send it to them in case it could help them with
school.

After
doing so, I realized that I knew other freshmen who struggled with
schoolwork. In fact, I knew juniors who had the same problem. The
more I thought about it, the more I realized that a
majority ofmy
college friends and acquaintances don’t do as well in school as
they would like.